Sparks

The Pasadena, CA festival features LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, Le Tigre’s first show in 12 years, and tons more.

Sparks are reissuing their five '00s albums  -- 2000’s Balls, 2002’s Lil' Beethoven, 2006’s Hello Young Lovers, 2008’s Exotic Creatures of the Deep, 2009’s The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman -- this spring

It was the first of two nights with Ron & Russell Mael at Town Hall...

Sasquatch founder Adam Zacks’ festival THING also features José González, Faye Webster, Wet Leg, Hiatus Kaiyote, Yves Tumor, Helado Negro, Dry Cleaning, Lido Pimienta, Mdou Moctar, Nation of Language, Spellling, Arooj Aftab, and more.

Also on the shortlist for Best Original Song: Brian Wilson & Jim James, U2, Kid Cudi, Ariana Grande, H.E.R., and more.

When he's not being one of the most in-demand mixing engineers around, David Wrench is one half of duo audiobooks, who released their wonderful second album, ‘Astro Tough,‘ earlier this year. David tells us about what got the most play in the tour bus.

“In a year when my head was full of Sparks & Sixties pop, I did somehow manage to listen to a lot of great new music too,“ says Edgar.

Phoebe Bridgers, Beach House, Turnstile, Kaytranada, Courtney Barnett, IDLES, Wet Leg, Jorja Smith, Genesis Owusu, and lots more play the festival, which happens in Pasadena in August 2022.

From '90s ska to Nina Simone, from Anti-Flag to the history of hip hop, there's something for everyone in this roundup of new and recent documentaries to stream.

Meanwhile, 'The Sparks Brothers' director Edgar Wright's anticipated new psychological horror film ‘Last Night in Soho‘ is in theaters this weekend.